Monday, 28 January 2013

About six months ago I started making the "Enjoy the Journey" mini album created by Kathy Orta from Paper Phenomenon. About three months ago I finished the construction of the album. I wasn't sure whether I could be bothered adding the tags and few embellishments, since the purpose of making the album was to use the pretty paper and for the fun of constructing something. As I do not plan to use this album, though it is functional, I didn't think it was worth doing the final touches. Well yesterday I changed my mind and decided to just finish it and I'm very pleased that I did. I now know that I needed to complete the album in its entirety for me to be satisfied with the work/effort that I had gone to. I love how the album turned out. Below are photos of the album but I have also done a video and uploaded it to YouTube.

Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Hello fellow crafters. Time for another challenge. This fortnight the challenge over at Creative Card Crew is "Girly".

This challenge is proudly sponsored by:

Crafty Sentiments is offering three digi's to the winner of this fortnights
challenge. Why not pop on over and submit a card, you never know your
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Lately I'd lost my craft mojo, so having to make a card for this challenge helped me to regain my mojo as the "Girly" theme is what I enjoy doing best. This challenge allowed me to play with all the craft things that I consider girly, such as pinks, browns, blues, flowers, bling, jewels and of course a pretty girly image to colour.

Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Hello fellow crafters. Time for another challenge. This fortnight the challenge over at Creative Card Crew is "Snow & Ice".

This challenge is proudly sponsored by:

Stamp Fairy is offering a $10 voucher to the winner of this fortnights challenge. Why not pop on over and submit a card, you never know your luck.

For this challenge I decided to keep it nice and simple and play with a few elements that I don't do that often, for example using my Cricut. The swirls and snowflake were cut using my Cricut Expression "Joys of the Season" cartrige. I also used some only Christmas present wrapping paper from my scraps. I'm really happy with how this card has turned out.

Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Happy New Year to everyone. I'm really looking forward to 2013 and the adventures, challenges and fun that it has to offer.

With the exception of 2012, I have, since 2003 kept a journal/diary, whatever you like to call it. I'm not going to go into why I didn't keep one for 2012 but I have decided again to start journalling.

I purchased an A4 two pages to one day (2P1D) diary, I usually get this from Officeworks and cover it with wrapping paper or images from an old calendar I've cut out. For 2013 I decided I wanted to do something different and in the end went with viewing the cover of the journal/diary as a large blank card. In essence, I was decorating the cover of the journal/diary as if I was making a card for myself.

So, last night I spent some of my New Years Eve decorating the cover of my journal/diary. I'm very please with how it has turned out. Just looking at the cover of this journal/diary inspires me to want to journal each day and that was what I wanted to achieve. As such, I thought I'd share with you all what I came up with.

May 2013 be a great year for you as I plan to ensure it is a great year for me.

Front view of journal/diary

Back view of journal/diary

Even though I don't have a photo, on the spine it says 2013 and I have a small gold metal owl. The figures 2013 are the decorative ones from the G45 Ladies Diary Alphabet sticker sheet.

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FiLoMa's Craft World is all about my love of paper craft. I first started in 2005 being introduced to scrapbooking. Since then I have incorporated card making, art journalling, mini albums, mixed media, altered books, canvases and eventually finding Project Life in 2013. I dabble in all these options with scrapbooking being my first love. I find crafting and organising my craft supplies a great stress relief and creative outlet. I hope you enjoy the creations I display and perhaps find inspiration for yourself.